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Tuesday 30 May 2006 11:34 skrev Duncan: |
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> Well, it's possible that's due to them being bought out by Symantec |
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> (according to a recent /. comment I was reading, with several replies |
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> agreeing). I don't know when it happened, but it couldn't have been too |
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> long ago as the comment I read mentioning it said they'd probably destroy |
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> it, like they did all the other stuff they've bought over the years, which |
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> implies they haven't had it long enough for it to occur yet. |
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Symantec took over PowerQuest in September 2003 [1] so it is a while ago. The |
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latest release is of May 2004 [2] (an information I wasn't able to locate |
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anywhere on the Symantec home page..). I wasn't able to locate what changed in |
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8.05 either but 8.0 is from before Symantec took over PowerQuest. So I'd say |
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it has occured already since I don't see any signs of progress on this |
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software. |
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It does support all file systems that may be used on Windows, so I'm guessing |
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from a Windows users perspective it is feature complete and Symantec will be |
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able to make money of it for many years in the future without spending any |
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money on it themselves... |
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On my system support for reiserfs wouldn't amount to much since it does, as |
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you suggested, not support LVM2. But with a properly setup system using lvm2 |
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and reiserfs who needs Partition Magic anyway? Isn't that what LVM2 is for? |
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[1] http://news.com.com/Symantec+buys+storage+software+maker/2100-7350_3-5081273.html |
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[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_Magic |
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